Mykonos

According
to the ancient geographer Stephanus of Byzantium,
the name of the island comes from a hero called
Mykonos, who was the son of Anius, the king of Delos, and grandson of Apollo
and the nymph Rhoeo. The colossal rocks that are scattered on the mountains of Mykonos
led the ancient mythographers to identify the island to the area, where Hercules’s
victorious battle against the Giants
took place.

Furthermore,
according to an ancient tradition, the tomb of Ajax the Locrian was located on
the island. According to Pliny, it was believed that the residents of the
island were born without hair. That was the reason why bald people were called
“Mykonians”. The Carians were considered the first settlers of Mykonos. Later
on, the Phoenicians and the Egyptians came to the island as well.